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SPICe briefings
Date published:
18 September 2025
Ecocide (Scotland) Bill - Vicarious liability (section 4)
For example, vicarious liability provisions are in place for certain "relevant offences" in the Regulatory Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (section 38).
The Policy Memorandum for the Bill states that this provision "will assist to ensure that those who benefit from offending behaviour are held accountable".
Committee reports
Date published:
22 March 2023
Delegated powers provisions in the Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Bill at Stage 1 - Annex A – Letter from Committee to the Scottish Government
Annex A – Letter from Committee to the Scottish Government
Letter from the Clerk to the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee, to the Scottish Government, 23 February 2023
Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Bill
The Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee considered the above Bill at its meeting on Tuesday, 21 February and agreed to write to you in relation to the following delegated powers:
Section 16(2)(e) – Remand and committal of children before trial or sentence;
Section 17(2)(b) and (c) – Detention of children on conviction (summary proceedings);
Section 17(6) – Detention of children on conviction (solemn proceedings); and
Section 17(7) – Detention of children on conviction (fine default).
SPICe briefings
Date published:
18 February 2022
Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill: Criminal Justice, Courts and Legal Aid - Legal aid and advice
Backlogs in dealing with court cases are expected to continue until at least 2025.
The Bill would amend the Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986 to create permanent powers to make interim payments.
Committee reports
Date published:
9 December 2020
Redress for Survivors (Historical Child Abuse in Care) (Scotland) Bill - Stage 1 Report - Role of Insurers
The Committee therefore recommends that the Scottish Government revisits this key element of the Bill, in light of the evidence the Committee has heard.
Committee reports
Date published:
7 October 2020
Stage 1 Report on the UK Withdrawal from the European Union (Continuity) (Scotland) Bill - Constraints
In particular, there is currently a lack of clarity in the following inter-related areas —
International agreements;
UK Internal Market Bill;
common frameworks.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
10 February 2020
Scottish Budget 2020-21 - Will these spending or tax proposals change?
Scottish income tax policy for 2020-21 has to be confirmed in a ‘Scottish Rate Resolution’ (SRR) before the Budget Bill can pass and Scottish tax rates and bands cannot be changed once the financial year has started.
Committee reports
Date published:
14 January 2020
Stage 1 Report on the Scottish Elections (Reform) Bill - Committee view on electronic voting
Committee view on electronic voting
The Committee notes that the provisions in the Bill take a light-touch approach to the question of electronic voting.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
19 June 2019
Referendums (Scotland) Bill - Section 1: Power to provide for referendums
Section 1: Power to provide for referendums
Section 1 gives Ministers a power to provide for referendums to be held throughout Scotland on one or more questions by regulations (secondary legislation) subject to the affirmative procedure.
Committee reports
Date published:
4 March 2019
Stage 1 Report on the Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Bill - Consideration of other sources of advice
iEnvironment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee, Official Report, 19 June 2018, Col 27
The Committee explored the "information, analysis and opinion" that the Scottish Government drew upon to inform its setting of the targets and was toldivLetter from Sara Grainger, Decarbonisation: Delivery Unit Team Leader, on the Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets)(Scotland) Bill, 27 July 2018 that it only considered the scientific advice provided by the CCC, who base their evidence on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) synthesis reports.
Committee reports
Date published:
21 March 2018
Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Laser Misuse (Vehicles) Bill (LCM(S5)14) - Scrutiny of the LCM
During the Committee meeting, the Committee asked various questions of the Minister for Transport and the Islands related to the nature and extent of the Bill's provisions, including how these relate to Scotland.
